By Abel Leonard Nzwanke/ Lafia
The immediate past governor of Nasarawa State and now senator representing Nasarawa South, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, says he has been vindicated at the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa.
Al-Makura said this in Lafia at a rally organised by his supporters. He said, “This judgement which I consider a landmark is also a judgment that indicated that I won a free and fair election as the duly elected senator of Nasarawa South Senatorial District.
“I am happy and appreciate the efforts of my constituents that democracy and the rule of law have come to stay, I will maintain an open-door policy for my people.”
The senator was reacting to the judgement delivered last Friday in Lafia that upheld his election as the duly elected senator representing Nasarawa South.
He further stressed that his election represented the will and wishes of the people of his senatorial district, adding that the judgement will give him the impetus to continue to do those things that he has been doing for the people.
“I have a lot of opportunities to do much more, better now that the constituencies have been reduced to one-third of the state,” he added.
It would be recalled that on February 2019, Al-Makura polled 113,156 votes to defeat his closest opponent and candidate of the PDP, Senator Suleiman Adokwe, who garnered 104,595 votes
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